Propellants Used in Industrial Process Pigging. Many industries which process liquids, for example food, beverages, household, personal care products, pet food, pharmaceuticals and paint, use pigging systems to recover liquids and clean in the inside of pipes and hygienic tubing. The pipeline pigs (the projectiles that travel along the pipes or tubes to transfer residual product)
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The Various Meanings and Uses of the term “Pigging”. Just out of interest, we’ve put together a list of definitions of the word pigging which you may (or may not) have come across. HPS (whose website you are on) specialises in providing systems for other companies that process liquids. These systems use a technology called “pigging”. Unsurprisingly
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What Pig Launchers and Receivers Do All hygienic, sanitary and process pigging systems need a method of introducing the pig (or pigs) safely in to the line and propelling the pig to and from source and destination. They also need somewhere to store the pigs when they’re not actually ‘pigging’. These are the key functions
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Keeping Pipes Clean in Hygienic and Sanitary Processing Extremely high standards of hygiene are vital for companies that produce or process food or drink intended for human consumption. In most countries, the standards of hygiene demanded for pet food manufacture are also extremely high. A wide range of other industrial processes also require hygienic (often
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What Is Aeration? Aeration, (sometimes called aerification), is where air circulates through, becomes mixed with, or dissolves in a liquid. While some processes deliberately aerate liquids, in others, unintentional aeration can cause problems. When some types of liquids travel through pipelines and suffer from aeration, it can cause foaming. Foaming can be a problem when
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